Police are arresting far fewer Rockford School District students now than at any time in the past decade. Administrators, teachers union leaders and police said it’s a complete turnaround in a district that was averaging six arrests per school day just seven years ago.

Deputies with the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department administered Narcan in the field for the first time Thursday evening. Narcan, the common name for Naloxone, is an antidote for heroin overdoses. Earlier this month 100-plus deputies in the department were trained on how to administer the antidote so they could start carrying it in the field. Deputies got their first test this week.

Habitat for Humanity volunteers have built or renovated 104 homes since 1991 and sold them at cost via no-interest mortgages to low-income families living in substandard housing. Habitat is a Christian-based not-for-profit, one of 2,100 affiliates of an international organization that says it builds and sells simple, decent and affordable homes to customers who average $30,000 a year in annual income.

Clergy may be a vast and largely untapped resource in the fight to break a painful cycle of domestic violence. Rockford Mayor Larry Morrissey is looking for ways to expand the involvement of faith organizations in combating domestic violence.